Football League Division Three
Friday, December 26, 1958

Swindon Town Brentford
A.Micklewright
 G.Francis
Attendance:  12,692    



Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Gerry CAKEBREAD
1
2
John NEAL
                 
Tommy WILSON
2
3
Jimmy LEE
                 
Ken HORNE
3
4
Jack FOUNTAIN
                 
George BRISTOW
4
5
Garth HUDSON
                 
Ian DARGIE
5
6
Maurice OWEN
                 
Ken COOTE
6
7
David CORBETT
                 
Eric 'Rabbit' PARSONS
7

8
Andy MICKLEWRIGHT
               
Johnny RAINFORD
8

9
Jimmy KELLY
               
George FRANCIS
9
10
Ray SAMPSON
                 
Jim TOWERS
10
11
Arnold DARCY
                 
George MCLEOD
11













Results on Friday, December 26, 1958: League Table
 
  Accrington Stanley 4 - 2 Halifax Town  
  Bury 4 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Chesterfield 1 - 1 Wrexham  
  Colchester United 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Hull City 5 - 2 Mansfield Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Reading  
  Notts County 1 - 3 Bradford City  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Rochdale 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Brentford  

Table as at Friday, December 26, 1958:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 24 14 8 2 56 32 1.75 36 
2 Hull City 25 14 5 6 50 32 1.56 33 
3 Southampton 24 10 8 6 54 36 1.50 28 
4 Southend United 24 11 6 7 44 35 1.26 28 
5 Colchester United 23 10 7 6 41 32 1.28 27 
6 Swindon Town 24 10 7 7 32 25 1.28 27 
7 Accrington Stanley 24 10 7 7 43 35 1.23 27 
8 Brentford 25 9 9 7 30 28 1.07 27 
9 Bury 24 9 8 7 43 32 1.34 26 
10 Reading 24 9 8 7 36 30 1.20 26 
11 Tranmere Rovers 24 10 6 8 40 37 1.08 26 
12 Newport County 24 10 6 8 39 36 1.08 26 
13 Wrexham 23 9 7 7 34 36 0.94 25 
14 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 6 9 40 43 0.93 24 
15 Halifax Town 22 11 1 10 39 44 0.89 23 
16 Bradford City 24 8 6 10 43 42 1.02 22 
17 Norwich City 23 7 8 8 34 36 0.94 22 
18 AFC Bournemouth 25 10 2 13 37 43 0.86 22 
19 Stockport County 24 7 5 12 37 45 0.82 19 
20 Chesterfield 24 5 8 11 30 35 0.86 18 
21 Mansfield Town 22 7 4 11 37 53 0.70 18 
22 Notts County 24 3 10 11 29 50 0.58 16 
23 Rochdale 24 4 5 15 21 45 0.47 13 
24 Doncaster Rovers 24 6 1 17 23 50 0.46 13 

Key: Promotion places Relegation